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As a guy who was born and raised in Azerbaijan where I spent most of my days...

...Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool. And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys they were up to no good. Started building statues in my neighbourhood. I got in one little fight and my mom got scared And said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Nachcivan"

I thought the same thing as MylesDavis: "why are they building a statue of Tesla in Azerbaijan?" The explanation given is a good enough reason/justification in my eyes! Humans have done much more ridiculous things that make less sense

Azerbaijan funded renovation of a park in Belgrade, Serbia. So, there is now a statue of some Azerbaijan guy in a park in Serbia, and we have no idea who that is. I guess Serbia funded the statue of Tesla in return, or something like that.

The park in Serbia that Azerbaijan helped renovate is very nice, but no Tesla statues :)

They did that in Mexico too. They're trying to get other countries to buy into this genocide theory they have in addition to legitimizing their current ruling regime. The Mexicans figured it out and made them take down the statue.

Azerbaijan funded renovation of a park in Belgrade, Serbia. So, there is now a statue of some Azerbaijan guy in a park in Serbia, and we have no idea who that is. I guess Serbia funded the statue of Tesla in return, or something like that.

The park in Serbia that Azerbaijan helped renovate is very nice, but no Tesla statues :)

Tesla's greatest achievement may have been the power plat at Niagara Falls. There are some nice Tesla monuments in Niagara Falls NY and Niagara Falls Ontario. The Goat Island statue was given to the United States by the government of Yugoslavia in 1976.

The Tesla monument in the Niagara Falls, NY is quite big. I used to see it every day when I worked down there near the park. People would let there kids climb on top of him and get they're pictures takin' on it

I've always had a soft spot for Azerbaijan. I read a book about some kind of genocide or massacre of Azerbaijanis (or probably a certain kind of them) from the point of view of a little girl when I was in the fourth grade (about 9 years old). I can't remember any of the details or anything else, just how much it affected me emotionally at the time. I really wish I could remember the name of the book to check it out again. It's silly how much I've felt "connected" to Azerbaijan just because I read a book (a fictional one at that) and know truly nothing about the country, but for what its worth you guys exist heartily in my mind!

Also, if anyone happens to know the name of the book I'd be really grateful.

The genocide was not a "real" genocide, there was no attempt to eliminate a race or group of people. It was just a mass killing. I know that doesn't change things for the people that died but it's a small semantic issue. Additionally, the current ruling Azeri regime is pretty bad.

Telsa is the most under rated scientist there has ever been. we use his alternating current unlike Edison's (Edison had direct current). We use his electric motor just about every day like in a drill. He even made a new kind of light bulb that was more efficient than Edison's in just three weeks. He even devised plans for the wireless transfer of electricity. and of course a dooms day device using harmonic vibration. I say he should be celebrated and not the asshole who bought patents for certain inventions (aka Edison) .

Have you ever read the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfield? They're really good books and in the second and third books, Tesla plays a big role even though he's kinda made out to be a bad guy. Really good reads nonetheless.

I have watched three documentaries about about him just for fun. he is truly one of the smartest electrical engineers to ever live. he made the electric motor by just drawing it in the dirt. He was naturally smart but with effort became something that Edison couldnt touch. Edison was pissed about loosing the wold fair bid to show off his electricity that he wouldnt allow his light bulbs to be used so Tesla made his own in just 3 weeks. they were safer, easier to use, and more efficient. I am nerd gay for Tesla.

Yeah didn't Edison try to discredit Tesla by trying to use an AC electric chair to prove that AC was too dangerous to use but only made himself look stupid because it only half killed the guy and made him go under extreme pain. I hate how after how much help and work Tesla did for Edison, he still let him die a poor and uncredited man. But yea, I usually try to go out of my way to tell people why Tesla was much better than Edison.

Edison used the alternating current in the execution of a man. it went on for 4 hours. the man suffered and died horribly. he basicly slowly fried. It back fired though bc it showed Edison as a murderer whose intent was to make execution as a means of torture.

Tesla would have public displays showing the "dangers" of AC current compare to "his" DC current power system, including killing dogs, elephants, etc... Edison knew Tesla's AC current was more viable, but Edison had already invested heavily into DC, and started to power NYC with his system (requiring power plants or substations every few KM or miles..., he did not want to be made out to look like a fool so he attempted to discredit Tesla and all his work....On a side note Edison was correct in some ways, Tesla's AC power was great for transferring power over medium distances, but as we are now seeing today, HVDC power transmission is much more efficient and cost effective (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current)

Tesla gained more recognition on Reddit after this oatmeal comic last year: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
Also there has been a lot of talk about a car named after Tesla (and a controversy regarding a NYT article on the Model S Tesla) so you may be thinking of that as well.

You do know that inforgraph is filled with lies and exaggeration, right?

Tesla did not build the first hyrdoelectric plant on the Niagra Falls. His resonant frequency of the Earth was actually off quite a bit. He never built an earthquake machine and most certainly not one that could take down a neighborhood. Tesla ball lightning is actually replicated in the modern age far more successfully than what the Oatmeal claims. Tesla did not invent neon lighting, Georges Claude did. Tesla was far from the first to build an electric motor and in fact his electric motor was not suitable for practical use.

Tesla was not fired by Edison. Actually what happened was Tesla told Edison that he could make his generators more efficient with AC, Edison jokingly said that he would give him a ton of money if he did. When he was successful Edison could not actually physically pay him because he didn't have the money so instead wanted to increase Tesla's salary by 50% for compensation, Tesla then did the dumbest thing he ever did in his life and quit out of spite. Tesla fucked himself over.

Unless The Oatmeal was trying to see how much bullshit he could get the internet to believe then he is not someone you want to be teaching anyone about history.

I understand that some of the claims in the link I posted are inaccurate and for that I apologize. The point I was trying to make is that, in America, I don't feel Tesla gets nearly as much credit as he deserves.

I know so much shit you don't. So it doesn't surprise me that you know things I don't. Knowing names of countries has never been all that interesting to me, so I didn't bother putting much energy into learning them. Why is that so shocking to you?

Going to side with Groundhog on this one. While I do own a passport, and I do believe that a metropolitan style of education and living is necessary, I don't believe that it is someone's obligation to leave their own country, or have to be a geographic/Anthropology genius. I am a computer scientist. I know a lot about computers. Do I shame people who don't? No. It's what I've spent my time learning. Apparently he's spent his time learning about Groundhogs. He's an expert (had to). That's his choice.

Yeah, Tesla got ripped off big time. And Tesla "hoarded knowledge" but Edison didn't? Ha! If anyone was a hoarder, it was Edison. Tesla was developing ways to provide free energy, but nobody liked that because... well, the whole "free" part. Edison used his knowledge to charge for energy so him and his buddies could hoard fortunes from it.

Im confused, from where does it shoot lightning? I guess it cant be his fingers, Emperor Palpatine style, so Id assume it is his eyes?
Its not really a statue of Tesla unless it zaps the atmosphere with lightning, now, is it?

I did that because Edison shit on Tesla... Edison was a (relatively) good business man; he definitely wasn't an inventor. He would hire inventors to work in his lab and when they invented something, he would take patent credit on it.

So at some point, Tesla comes to America to work for Edison and Edison tells him "Hey, if you invent something that can transport my electricity over long distances, I'll pay you 10 grand." So Tesla does it and asks Edison for his rightfully earned $10,000. Edison tells him, "oh, you must not understand American humor, I wasn't really going to pay you that much".

That is just one of Edison's dick moves.

Others include electrocuting animals such as dogs, cats, and an elephant to try to run another company out of business.

Edison was indeed an inventor. I don't even know why you would say that. It is hard to really say about the "American humor" was true or not. The amount Edison offered was $50,000 and more than his company was worth at the time so it very well could have been a joke.

Also to clarify, I believe he never electrocuted animals himself, but had patsies do it. Still a dick move, but it still should be noted correctly. Probably makes him look worse because he didn't want to do it himself.

Edison was not a villain like some want him to be and Tesla is not a saint either. Personally, in the Tesla vs. Edison debate, I really wish George Westinghouse was mentioned more. Neither man would have been as contributing as they were without him.

I believe the first part, but Edison did electrocute the animals himself, or at least the majority of them. The Wikipedia page for Topsy the elephant says "Edison oversaw and conducted the electrocution".

Edison did have some pretty bad business practices but who doesn't. And I agree that Tesla wasn't a fantastic person either, but he definitely deserves more recognition for his works. And Westighouse should definitely have been brought up in these comments as he played a major roll in all of this electrical drama.

Doesn't Azerbaijan have a history of building statues either in their country or around the world for good publicity? This place is an oil rich 3rd world country. I think it's kind of shitty that they unveiled a statue of him there.

Because once Mexico City residents became aware of the statue that had risen in their midst, they saw the effort for what it was: an authoritarian government clumsily trying to buy influence and whitewash the legacy of a dictator.

I wouldn't say this is just publicity-related. If you look at the culture, the arts and sciences are very respected. Streets/buildings are named after famous scientists and poets, etc. Tons of statues of academics all over the city.

Oh, yeah, designing the first practical use fluoroscope, designs that are still used today. Not to mention the phonograph, motion picture camera, quadruplex telegraph, and pioneering electricity distribution(even though AC was more useful, Edison still did it first). And then there's the whole Incandescent light bulb thing.

Do not get my wrong, Nikola Tesla contributed VASTLY to our modern society. However, I think it's prudent to quote Mark Twain:

“It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing—and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite — that is all he did. These object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought to make us modest. But nothing can do that.”

Fun fact: Tesla loved pigeons, and not in the way that the internet loves cats (although sometimes I wonder about some of you). He wrote about one particular pigeon "I loved her the way a man loves a woman". I would not be able to stop laughing anytime I walked past this statue and it was covered in those feathery bastards.

Glad your family was spreading some US diplomacy over in that 'shitbox'. I don't know if living in state department compounds in Baku qualifies as investigative journalism for how the country lives. I lived in families in western rural villages and central cities in Azerbaijan for three years and it sucks to hear someone who saw a sliver of it from a Baku townhouse report with authority that the nation is a shithole.

In the US it seems that from a young age, people are taught how amazing Edison was and how he basically revolutionized the world with his technologies, and there is barely any mention of Tesla except for the one day in science class we get to touch the Tesla coil and have our hair stand up.

There are plenty of other pioneers of our understanding of electronics and electromagnetics that don't get mentioned as much as they should. Maxwell, Heaviside, Gauss, Faraday, and to a lesser extend Franklin, among others.

I wouldn't really agree with that. When I went through high school physics, each was mentioned in their popular niche: Maxwell, Gauss, and Faraday for their respective laws (if only in passing), Franklin for electricity as positive and negative charges, and even Tesla for alternating current. Heaviside never came up until university.

Franklin and Edison are more popular topics for younger grades since they're American figures (especially Franklin, as a founding father). You may be taught Franklin "invented electricity" in the first grade, but plenty of things are glossed over at that age.

It's criminal how many people are ignorant of Maxwell in particular - I'd honestly say he made the greatest contributions to our modern understanding of science, in terms of what we've done with it, out of pretty much anybody around.

I'm defending TimmyDDaniels, Edison was a pretty horrible person. He typically would just "hire" people to invent things and then he would tak credit. I put hire in quotations because, as in Tesla's case, Edison straight up refused to pay him for reinventing Alternating Current.

This is purely a political move. Azerbaijan is just trying to show their acceptance and room for Christianity. It is all BS. So many of the Armenian churches that were there got torn down and other buildings made by Armenian Christian architects. I see right through this move.